Xiaomi MI 5S VS Iphone 7 Review, Which one Wins?

Xiaomi announced Xiaomi MI5S and Xiaomi MI5S Plus, which take the way of iphone 7 and iphone 7 plus. Most Chinese smartphone manufacturers start to learn the advantage of iphone 7 and iphone 7 plus such as dual rear camera, flashing black, waterproof. So which one is better, Xiaomi MI5S vs Iphone 7?

According to specs comparison, Xiaomi MI5S  is powered by Snapdragon 821 processor, but iPhone 7 uses its own A10 Fusion chipset. In battery, Xiaomi MI5S is larger than iPhone 7, as for selling price, Xiaomi MI5S sells much cheaper than Iphone 7.

Design

Xiaomi MI5S has continued to use metal design, which is the biggest difference between Xiaomi MI5 and MI5S, meanwhile, Xiaomi MI5S has four colors, light grey, silver, golden, and rose golden, the light grey and golden has high gross drawing back cover, but silver and rose golden uses matte grinding back cover, no flashing black color as rumor.

iPhone 7 continues the design of Iphone 6s, cancelling 3.5mm earphone jack, using the new antenna, and placed on the top and bottom, compared with the previous models, it is more beautiful. In addition, iphone 7 has also enhanced matte black and flashing black colors besides the rose golden, golden and silver, especially flashing black color which makes us  not see antenna line to improve the integrity.

Screen

Xiaomi MI5S has 5.15inch 1080p screen, high light screen, 600nit brightness, built in 16 LED light, high color saturation, supporting sunshine screen and eye protection. In addition, the advanced version supports 3D touch. iPhone 7 still uses 4.7inch 1334x750p screen, adding the wide color gamut technology, to be simple, it can make you see rich video or pictures details.

Home Button

Xiaomi MI5 VS Xiaomi MI5S home button

The most highlight of Xiaomi MI5S is the first time to use Ultrasonic fingerprint scanner under glass, built in 10000 microseismic sensor to probe, no pole on the screen, which is not easy to wear and tear, and no color difference.

iphone 7 home button

Iphone 7 uses solid push button instead of the physical Home button used for 9 years. Right now we need time to adapt to the the pressing Home button. But the new home button has its advantage that is more responsive, durable and more funny features.

Processor

Xiaomi MI5S is powered by Snapdragon 821 processor, 2.15GHz, Adreno 530 GPU, RAM 3GB ROM 64GB, RAM 4GB ROM 128GB (LPDDR4+UFS2.0), it supports 4G+ network, Netcom 3.0, dual Sim,dual standby, NFC.

Iphone 7 is powered by A10 Fusion quad core processor, RAM 2GB, A10 Fusion owns two high performance core and two high-efficiency core,  2.33Ghz, which has improved a lot compared with iphone 6, 6s in its performance.

Camera

Xiaomi MI5S Camera

Xiaomi MI5S uses dual camera with 4MP front and 12MP back camera, according to official, the back camera uses the largest Sony IMX378 sensor, 1/2.3inch CMOS, and the eye of dark eye. Its single pixel light-in is 61% larger than iphone 6s plus.

iPhone 7 Camera

Iphone 7 is built in 7MP front camera, 4 LED flash light, 12MP back camera, F1.8 aperture, supporting OIS, and RAW picture format.

Battery

Xiaomi MI5S is built in 3200mAh battery, supporting the new QC3.0, 9V/2A quick charge, USB Type C.

Batter life is not the advantage of IPhone all the time, according to the tear down, iphone 7 only has 1960mAh battery, thanks to A10 processor, iPhone 7 battery life has improved more 2 hours than last model, although it’s a little progress.

Price

Xiaomi MI5S sells RAM 3GB ROM 64GB at 1999 yuan, $330, RAM 4GB ROM 12GB at 2299 yuan, $380, right now it has started to sell, but Iphone 7 is triple more expensive than xiaomi mi5s, so do you know which one you should choose now?